As the nationwide lockdown is extended by another 14 days, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is considering a proposal for extending the moratorium on bank loans by another three months to help people and industry impacted by the ongoing lockdown to contain Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak. Suggestions from various quarters, including from Indian Banks' Association, have come for the further extension of moratorium and the RBI is actively considering them.
Income stream will not resume due to the continuation of nationwide lockdown and so many entities and individuals will be unable to service their debt in these circumstances at the end of the present moratorium period ending on May 31. So, extension of moratorium by another three months would be a practical approach from the regulator. It will help both borrowers and banks in these difficult times.
On March 27, the RBI had allowed banks and financial institutions to offer a moratorium of three months on payment of instalments of all term loans outstanding as on March 1 to help mitigate hardship faced by borrowers. It said all commercial banks (including regional rural banks, small finance banks and local area banks), co-operative banks, all -India Financial Institutions, and NBFCs (including housing finance companies and micro-finance institutions) (lending institutions) are being permitted to allow a moratorium of three months on payment of instalments in respect of all term loans outstanding as on March 1, 2020.
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